Eye-Openers: The Yelp controversy that prompted the big magic board

Finger-drawn arrow pointing to the name: crucial use of technology. Screenshot via KGO.

From the local scene:

KGO picks up the story about another local restaurant accusing Yelp of bullying and selling advertisement to improve reviews. That’s a good story, but the other good story here is that KGO used their big touch board/magic wall gadget to zoom in on the Yelp page and make a pointy arrow to the restaurant name. Just the thing it was invented for. [KGO]

A review of downtown’s Shorty Goldstein’s finds some faults with the rye bread and the pastrami, but everything else is good enough: “Grievances aside, Shorty Goldstein’s is a welcome addition to the downtown lunch scene, especially for deli-starved East Coast transplants.” [SF Examiner]

The latest on the two employees that walked out of a pizza place. [East Bay Express]

From the national scene:

Hudson Valley Foie Gras responds to anti-foie activist hack: “This criminal action has been reported and is being investigated by state and federal authorities.” [Eater National]